An assessment by CyberStation, the cybersecurity division of Brain Station 23, has recently found at least 17,362 sets of user login credentials and more than 1.8 million user records of 15 sectors in Bangladesh circulating on online black market across.
The findings were presented at Bangladesh Cyber Resilience Briefing 2026 held at BRAC Centre Inn in Mohakhali, Dhaka, on Thursday. The event was organised as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, said a press release.
CyberStation reviewed 767 domains across the 15 sectors. According to the company, the figures represent conservative minimum estimates, and the actual scale of exposure may be higher.
Government services accounted for the largest share of exposed citizen records, while technology and telecommunications had the highest rates of exposure.
Around 150 senior representatives from banking, telecommunications, technology, government and education sectors, along with regulatory officials and cybersecurity professionals, attended the event.
“ We cannot address risks that we cannot see. Our goal is to help organisations understand what information has been exposed and act before cybercriminals can misuse it,” said Muhibbul Muktadir Tanim, head of cybersecurity services at CyberStation.
MJ Ferdous, Executive Director of Brain Station 23, said CyberStation was built on the company’s 20 years of software development experience. “Today’s event was an opportunity to review where the country stands in cybersecurity and what initiatives are needed going forward. We must reduce our dependence on foreign software and strengthen the country’s own cyber capabilities. If our contribution can be of any use, we sincerely want to stand beside everyone in this effort,” he said.
Cybersecurity expert Tanvir Hassan Zoha said CyberStation was making an important contribution to the field. “I have had the opportunity to use its technology. Its work can play an important role in raising awareness of cyber risks and developing effective prevention and response strategies,” he said.
Technology entrepreneur Munir Hasan highlighted the importance of DarkWatch, a dark web monitoring platform developed by Brain Station 23. “We should work together to support and advance homegrown technological initiatives like DarkWatch. Helping such initiatives grow can make an important contribution to strengthening Bangladesh’s overall cybersecurity in the future,” he said.
A panel discussion on Bangladesh’s dark web exposure and ways to address the associated risks was also held. The panelists were Mohammad Shahriar Rahman, consultant to University Grants Commission; Mohammad Shamsul Haque, head of the Special Response Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police; Md Imran Khan, joint secretary (ICT) at Bangladesh Bank; and Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, a technology specialist.
The discussion emphasised the need for coordinated efforts to prevent the misuse of exposed information and strengthen responses to cybersecurity risks.
